The Daily Mail has triggered a huge backlash on Twitter for “manufacturing” outrage over a Channel 4 comedy show in which “comedians guzzled wine and egged each other on to trade obscene jokes about the Queen, Philip and Susan Boyle”.

Gavin and Stacey star James Corden, 34, and comedian Jack Whitehall, 24, came in for particular criticism from the newspaper for appearing to “drink a bottle of wine each on screen”.

Whitehall made a joke about the bladder infection suffered by the Duke of Edinburgh last summer and also said that Olympic gold medallist Bolt could 'rake it in' by going to stud like the retired racehorse Frankel.

TV watchdog Ofcom confirmed that it had received complaints about the show but would not say how many.

The Mail was so upset it reprinted the "sick jokes" in full

However, The Mail’s opprobrium was met with derision on Twitter on Wednesday morning, with users lining up to point out the hypocrisy of the paper which, having complained about the “sick jokes”, then reprinted them in full.

A Channel 4 spokesman told The Mail: "Big Fat Quiz Of The Year is a well-established comedic and satirical review of the year’s events with well-known guests and is broadcast after the watershed with appropriate warnings."

The Daily Mail has caused raised eyebrows in the past for stirring up controversy where viewers or readers had previously been uncomplaining.